Virginia City And The Big Bonanza
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Virginia City And The Big Bonanza
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Author : Ronald M. James
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2009-03
Virginia City And The Big Bonanza written by Ronald M. James and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with History categories.
History Of The Big Bonanza
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Author : Dan De Quille
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
History Of The Big Bonanza written by Dan De Quille and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with Comstock Lode (Nev.) categories.
The classic book of the discovery and mining of silver and gold on the Comstock Lode by the editor of the Territorial Enterprise.
Virginia City Vs Bonanza
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Author : Monette Bebow-Reinhard
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2024-05-21
Virginia City Vs Bonanza written by Monette Bebow-Reinhard and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with Performing Arts categories.
A fun and informative exploration of how the classic television series Bonanza differs from the reality of Virginia City, Nevada. In 1959, one hundred years after the big bonanza silver strike in Virginia City, the classic television series Bonanza made its debut and brought the small Nevada city to the forefront of households around the country, and into many parts of the world. The richest city in the world at the time of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City today might well be a ghost town if not for the fame spurred by Bonanza.The show was so popular that it went on to air for thirteen years and even spawned a theme park. Historical accuracy was of great import to Bonanza’s creator, but as the series evolved, it took on a life of its own beyond the boundaries of real-life Virginia City. In Virginia City vs Bonanza: A Tale of Merging Histories, Monette Bebow-Reinhard explores select history from the show’s legendary storylines and compares it to the real history of nineteenth-century Virginia City. Readers will learn why gambling is so prominent in Nevada, how Virginia City was not necessarily developed as a cattle town, and much more, ultimately understanding how and where Bonanza got its history right. Through her analysis of history versus fiction, Bebow-Reinhard emphasizes the impact television had on shaping how we remember the Old West. From the beginnings on Sun Mountain to the new technology created for Virginia City’s mines to keep up with the demands of the labor force—hungry for more wealth—Virginia City vs Bonanza examines the politics, the environmental damage, and the social and cultural settings that made Virginia City unique. Readers will witness it all: silver’s inevitable collapse, the advent of tourism, the natives, the diversity, the violence, and today, the fun. A must-read for fans of televisionand history alike.
The Big Bonanza
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Author : Dan De Quille
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Big Bonanza written by Dan De Quille and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Comstock Lode (Nev.) categories.
History Of The Big Bonanza
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Author : Dan De Quille
language : en
Publisher: Peruse Press
Release Date : 2013-11-17
History Of The Big Bonanza written by Dan De Quille and has been published by Peruse Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-17 with categories.
Peruse Press is proud to present this entirely new edition of the "History of the Big Bonanza" by Dan De Quille (William Wright), with an introduction by Mark Twain, and many historic photos by Carleton E. Watkins, Charles L. Weed, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, James H. Crockwell, Lawrence & Houseworth, and others. Added to this edition is a new prologue of select droll barbs between Dan De Quille and Mark Twain extracted from 1864 editions of the Territorial Enterprise newspaper, where the two worked together as reporters in the rambunctious boomtown of Virginia City, Nevada, located directly on top of the enormous Comstock Lode silver vein. Also included in this edition is a new compilation of 114 historic photographs, illustrations and maps selected to complement the text, and give readers a firsthand look at the historic people, mines and region delineated in this classic tome of the "Sagebrush School" of western literature. Photographers, illustrators, and cartographers in this edition include Mathew Brady, Grafton Tyler Brown, Elmer Chickering, James H. Crockwell, W. H. Davenport, T. L. Dawes, Mark Diederichsen, Andrew A. Forbes, Charles F. Hoffmann, Robert Kerrigan, Augustus Koch, Lawrence & Houseworth, Walter Neale, John S. Noe, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Roswell Morse Shurtleff, Louis Thors, Carleton E. Watkins, Charles L. Weed, and True Williams. This is also the only edition with a complete index.
History Of The Big Bonanza
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Author : Mark Twain
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date :
History Of The Big Bonanza written by Mark Twain and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
One easily gets a surface-knowledge of any remote country, through the writings of travelers. The inner life of such a country is not very often presented to the reader. The outside of a strange house is interesting, but the people, the life, and the furniture inside, are far more so. Nevada is peculiarly a surface-known country, for no one has written of that land who had lived long there and made himself competent to furnish an inside view to the public. I think the present volume supplies this defect in an eminently satisfactory way. The writer of it has spent sixteen years in the heart of the silver-mining region, as one of the editors of the principal daily newspaper of Nevada; he is thoroughly acquainted with his subject, and wields a practiced pen. He is a gentleman of character and reliability.
The Big Bonanza
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Author : Dan Dequille
language : en
Publisher: Nevada Publications
Release Date : 1983-08-01
The Big Bonanza written by Dan Dequille and has been published by Nevada Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-08-01 with categories.
Virginia City And The Big Bonanza
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Author : Ronald M. James
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Virginia City And The Big Bonanza written by Ronald M. James and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
In Virginia City and its Comstock Lode, miners worked one of the richest deposits of gold and silver ever found. Many places claim that title, but the precious metals retrieved between 1859 and 1880, with an equivalent value today in the billions of dollars, played an unprecedented role in industrial history. With cutting-edge technology, Comstock engineers shaped mining throughout the world for the next 50 years. Virginia City's wealth propelled several people to Congress and others into the nation's highest society. At the same time, those who settled in the mining district built a civilized, sophisticated place. Drawing on former glories, the popular television series Bonanza perpetuated the legend, capturing international audiences with 14 seasons of programs. As one of the nation's largest historic landmarks, the Comstock continues to welcome millions of visitors.
The Big Bonanza
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Author : Dan De Quille
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
The Big Bonanza written by Dan De Quille and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with Comstock Lode (Nev.) categories.
The Bonanza King
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Author : Gregory Crouch
language : en
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date : 2019-06-04
The Bonanza King written by Gregory Crouch and has been published by Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with History categories.
“A monumentally researched biography of one of the nineteenth century’s wealthiest self-made Americans…Well-written and worthwhile” (The Wall Street Journal) it’s the rags-to-riches frontier tale of an Irish immigrant who outwits, outworks, and outmaneuvers thousands of rivals to take control of Nevada’s Comstock Lode. Born in 1831, John W. Mackay was a penniless Irish immigrant who came of age in New York City, went to California during the Gold Rush, and mined without much luck for eight years. When he heard of riches found on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1859, Mackay abandoned his claim and walked a hundred miles to the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Over the course of the next dozen years, Mackay worked his way up from nothing, thwarting the pernicious “Bank Ring” monopoly to seize control of the most concentrated cache of precious metals ever found on earth, the legendary “Big Bonanza,” a stupendously rich body of gold and silver ore discovered 1,500 feet beneath the streets of Virginia City, the ultimate Old West boomtown. But for the ore to be worth anything it had to be found, claimed, and successfully extracted, each step requiring enormous risk and the creation of an entirely new industry. Now Gregory Crouch tells Mackay’s amazing story—how he extracted the ore from deep underground and used his vast mining fortune to crush the transatlantic telegraph monopoly of the notorious Jay Gould. “No one does a better job than Crouch when he explores the subject of mining, and no one does a better job than he when he describes the hardscrabble lives of miners” (San Francisco Chronicle). Featuring great period photographs and maps, The Bonanza King is a dazzling tour de force, a riveting history of Virginia City, Nevada, the Comstock Lode, and America itself.